1/27/2024 0 Comments Black souls gang members![]() ![]() In July 2021, federal agents participating in Operation Legend arrested 27 Black Disciples gang members associated with drugs and gun violations in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago. In the 1970s, gang related crime and violence spiked, particularly with Hispanic-on-Hispanic homicides increasing in the summer of 1971 due to Latin Kings gang election meetings. Demographic shifts and conflicts around this time led to the formation of many gangs, and the inception of a broader gang culture in Humboldt Park, and around other parts of the city. In the early 1950s, immigration to Chicago had picked up considerably, namely to the westside and parts of the south side with many coming from Puerto Rico. In 1910, Al Capone founded the Chicago Outfit on the South Side. In the early 1900s, before the establishment of the Chicago Fire Department, decentralized, localized fire brigades were common throughout the city and would often fight with each other as well as amongst themselves. The first gangs in Chicago were loosely organized groups of immigrant youth in the late 1800s. Gangs were responsible for 61% of the homicides in Chicago in 2011. Gang warfare and retaliation is common in Chicago. Gang activities in Chicago, Illinois, United States Graffiti piece by the West 49th Street and South Paulina Street set of the Gangster Disciple Nation on West 50th Street and South Hermitage Avenue, Chicago IL.Ĭhicago is considered the most gang-occupied city in the United States, with 150,000 gang-affiliated denizens, representing more than 100 gangs.
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